The global COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching effects in Toronto, including major impacts on the real estate and building industries. Many jobs and most events are currently suspended, postponed, or affected in other ways, though UrbanToronto is still operating at full strength with our team working remotely. As a means to keep the public in the loop about the shutdowns,…
Straddling Toronto’s Entertainment District and Fashion District, the former Mountain Equipment Co-Op site at King Street West and Charlotte Street is soon to be redeveloped with a 49-storey condominium tower from Plaza, named for its address at 400 King West. With marketing for the BDP Quadrangle-designed tower now kicking into gear, we’re getting a preview of the building’s U31-designed interiors through a…
Notable prep school University of Toronto Schools (UTS) is undergoing a major rebuilding of its facility at Huron and Bloor streets, with a modern new wing being built alongside an extensive renovation of the school’s existing heritage building. During the work, UTS’ faculty and students have been relocated to a disused TDCSB school in the Queen and Ossington area as of Fall, 2018. The…
The gradual rollout of details about Madison Group and Westdale Properties’ The Capitol Residences has been teasing potential purchasers for months. Renderings of the 14-storey, Turner Fleischer Architects and Hariri Pontarini Architects-designed development at Yonge and Castlefield have been released at a rate of one a month lately, slowly revealing more of the building, having started with the restored heritage exterior walls of the 1918-built Capitol Theatre, its marquee,…
Millions of people will move to Canada in the next 20 years, but where will they live?; What the TTC is (and isn’t) doing to win back riders as Toronto reopens; Ontario enters Stage 1 of re-opening Friday. Here’s what that means; and more news: Millions of people will move to Canada in the next 20 years, but where will they live? (CTV…
I’m a hockey fan. I’m a huge hockey fan. But am I a fan of the game, the sport, the culture, the history, or all of the above? I’m not sure anymore. I was born in 1980 and started going to Leafs games some time around 1985 or 1986. Back then, the Toronto Maple Leafs were one of the worst teams…
This week’s foggy weather in Toronto makes another appearance in today’s Daily Photo. This view from Forum contributor 67Cup faces east towards a fog-obscured Downtown Toronto skyline, framed by the towers of the Beyond the Sea and Eau du Soleil condominium complexes in the Humber Bay Shores community. Toronto skyline, image by Forum contributor 67Cup Want to see your work featured as…
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